Membership

SECTION C - DUTIES, PENALTIES AND CONSEQUENCES The duties of membership are to follow the Code of Ethics of the AMA, adhere to the policies and Core Values of the Medical Society of the State of New York, and be current in dues as defined in Article III. A member convicted in a court of law of a crime evidencing moral turpitude shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York. A member expelled from a component county medical society or suspended from its rights and privileges shall likewise be expelled or suspended for the same period from the Medical Society of the State of New York. The right of appeal to the State Society shall not be impaired. Members not in good standing or ceasing to be members of their component county medical society shall ipso facto have the same status in the State Society. A member who has been dropped from the roll of a component county medical society by reason of failure to pay dues shall not be accepted by another component county medical society except by regular transfer after reinstatement in the original component county medical society. A member of one component county medical society shall not be permitted to transfer to membership in another component county medical society until said member has paid the current annual dues and assessments to the former component county medical society and has established a legal residence or works in the county to which said member desires transfer, except as provided in Article X, Section B, “Component County Medical Societies,” Section 2. The question of legal residence or locus of work shall be verified by the component county medical society to which the member desires transfer. A student member who is suspended from his medical school shall likewise be suspended for the same period from the Medical Society of the State of New York.

SECTION B – PRIVILEGES The following members may vote and hold office in the Medical Society of the State of New York:  active, resident and fellow, part-time, retired and life members. All members shall be entitled to receive the News of New York, and other electronic publications. Student members shall be entitled to the rights and privileges otherwise accorded in these Bylaws to students. Honorary members shall be entitled to the privilege of attending the meetings of the Medical Society of the State of New York. Affiliate members shall not vote nor hold office, but shall be entitled to receive publications of the Medical Society of the State of New York. A member of the Medical Society of the State of New York who is in arrears for component county medical society dues and State Society dues or assessments shall not be eligible for any office or delegacy or be entitled to vote.

SECTION A – CLASSES The membership of the Medical Society of the State of New York shall be divided into nine classes: (a) active (b) student (c) resident and fellow (d) post medical graduate (e) retired (f) life (g) honorary (h) affiliate and (i) part-time Active membership shall be limited to graduates of recognized medical and osteopathic schools, hereafter referred to as medical schools) who are eligible for medical licensure in the State of New York and either reside or work in New York State.  Active members shall be all active members in good standing of the component county medical societies who live or work in a component county society as a physician, researcher or in an academic setting as defined in Article X.  A copy of the roster of such members, certified to be correct by the respective secretary of each component county medical society, shall be evidence of the right of the members whose names appear therein to membership in the Medical Society of the State of New York. The active member shall also include physicians who meet the above requirements and participate through group or institutional membership agreements approved by the Council and the Board of Trustees and by participating county medical societies. (HOD 2019-1) The active members shall also include physicians who meet the above requirements and are participants in a pilot program or an alternative route to membership that has been approved by the Council and the Board of Trustees and by participating county medical societies, as provided under Article XV. (HOD 2019-2) Student members shall be those members enrolled in recognized medical or osteopathic schools in the United States or in medical schools included in the World Directory of Medical Schools (www.wdoms.org), who attend medical or osteopathic school or attend clerkships or maintain a residence in New York State. They shall apply for student membership on a form supplied by the secretary.  When a student member ceases to be enrolled in a recognized medical school pursuing a course of study leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, other than by reason of graduation, or leave of absence, said student member shall be considered to have resigned from membership in the Medical Society of the State of New York. Resident/Fellow Membership shall be limited to graduates of recognized medical schools who are in residency training or fellowship and who are resident members of a component county medical society.  Resident membership with full rights and privileges shall also be open: (1) for one year after graduation to medical school graduates who have not immediately entered a residency program; (2) for one year after a resident has resigned from a residency program to look for a new residency position in a different field or hospital; (3) for one year after a resident has resigned from a residency program for a personal or medical leave of absence; and (4) for the duration of a structured educational program taken within or immediately following